The Top Movies, Weekend of November 8, 1996

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Ransom	Buena Vista	Action	$34,216,088		2,676	$12,786	$34,216,088	3
2	(1)	Romeo & Juliet	20th Century Fox	Drama	$9,026,448	-18.92%	1,950	$4,629	$23,538,658	10
3	(new)	Set It Off	New Line	Drama	$8,812,105		1,014	$8,690	$11,807,451	5
4	(2)	Sleepers	Warner Bros.	Drama	$3,716,065	-53.78%	2,080	$1,787	$43,581,596	24
5	(3)	High School High	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$3,082,069	-38.48%	2,146	$1,436	$16,759,976	17
6	(7)	The First Wives Club	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$2,242,056	-37.05%	1,700	$1,319	$97,079,441	52
7	(4)	Larger Than Life	MGM	Comedy	$2,017,559	-46.62%	2,433	$829	$6,636,784	10
8	(5)	The Ghost and the Darkness	Paramount Pictures	Action	$1,727,222	-52.81%	1,711	$1,009	$34,575,614	31
9	(8)	Dear God	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$1,508,629	-53.05%	1,774	$850	$5,555,525	10
10	(11)	Michael Collins	Warner Bros.	Drama	$1,408,519	-36.26%	878	$1,604	$8,182,610	31
11	(9)	The Associate	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,403,584	-54.99%	1,634	$859	$10,969,941	17
12	(6)	Thinner	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$1,320,333	-63.14%	1,807	$731	$13,183,098	17
13	(20)	Fly Away Home	Sony Pictures	Drama	$1,014,269	+87.03%	1,356	$748	$22,651,380	59
14	(14)	Independence Day	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$978,214	-2.35%	661	$1,480	$303,624,796	131
15	(10)	The Long Kiss Goodnight	New Line	Action	$917,528	-61.41%	1,030	$891	$30,538,773	31
16	(12)	That Thing You Do!	20th Century Fox	Drama	$761,898	-35.53%	706	$1,079	$23,191,968	38
17	(16)	Big Night	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$701,827	-13.48%	266	$2,638	$8,521,826	52
18	(15)	D3: The Mighty Ducks	Buena Vista	Comedy	$629,698	-31.82%	829	$760	$20,311,761	38
19	(22)	Secrets & Lies	October Films	Drama	$507,428	+7.45%	125	$4,059	$1,115,587	44
20	(17)	Phenomenon	Buena Vista	Drama	$494,649	-22.84%	576	$859	$103,118,352	129
21	(25)	Swingers	Miramax	Comedy	$362,881	+18.21%	119	$3,049		24
22	(39)	Snowriders	Warren Miller Entertainment	Documentary	$362,881	+378.57%			$748,207	24
23	(13)	To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday	Sony Pictures	Drama	$343,070	-67.40%	500	$686	$3,903,763	24
24	(23)	A Time to Kill	Warner Bros.	Drama	$245,983	-30.03%	399	$616	$108,284,771	110
25	(19)	The Chamber	Universal	Drama	$206,555	-64.81%	379	$545	$13,891,410	31
26	(33)	Beautiful Thing	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$192,866	+7.16%	40	$4,822	$690,566	33
27	(re-entry)	A Very Brady Sequel	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$178,967		410	$437	$21,255,741	80
28	(26)	Tin Cup	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$178,964	-31.55%	337	$531	$53,595,033	87
29	(27)	The Nutty Professor	Universal	Comedy	$176,315	-17.21%	205	$860	$128,440,920	136
30	(29)	Looking for Richard	20th Century Fox	Documentary	$165,555	-12.92%	59	$2,806	$655,174	31
31	(28)	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Buena Vista	Adventure	$163,011	-19.10%	287	$568	$98,621,991	143
32	(21)	Get on the Bus	Sony Pictures	Drama	$138,254	-74.02%	190	$728	$5,660,056	26
33	(31)	Vertigo	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$127,877	-29.99%	9	$14,209	$1,197,020	14,066
34	(51)	The Funeral	October Films	Drama	$126,352	+202.51%	31	$4,076	$186,094	10
35	(34)	Bound	Gramercy	Thriller/Suspense	$124,447	-24.92%	97	$1,283	$3,273,464	38
36	(new)	Santa with Muscles	Legacy Releasing		$120,932		98	$1,234	$120,932	3
37	(30)	Supercop	Miramax	Action	$112,968	-38.45%	190	$595	$16,137,453	108
38	(18)	Bad Moon	Warner Bros.	Horror	$112,397	-81.49%	649	$173	$926,956	10
39	(re-entry)	Twelfth Night: Or What You Will	Fine Line	Comedy	$104,210		31	$3,362	$193,917	17
40	(36)	Matilda	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$93,400	-11.05%	200	$467	$32,836,583	101
41	(24)	The Glimmer Man	Warner Bros.	Action	$91,930	-70.13%	195	$471	$19,720,392	38
42	(35)	Surviving Picasso	Warner Bros.	Drama	$91,466	-27.16%	42	$2,178	$1,655,223	52
43	(37)	Trainspotting	Miramax	Drama	$81,416	-11.19%	91	$895	$16,128,393	115
44	(41)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$62,664	-11.02%	5	$12,533	$6,992,420	388
45	(re-entry)	Microcosmos	Miramax	Documentary	$55,242		9	$6,138	$219,265	31
46	(42)	Lone Star	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$50,664	-25.36%	52	$974	$11,912,642	143
47	(re-entry)	Harriet the Spy	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$50,547		88	$574	$26,539,321	124
48	(32)	Trees Lounge	Orion Classics	Drama	$49,551	-72.47%	39	$1,271	$508,532	31
49	(46)	Jude	Gramercy		$48,230	-8.29%	17	$2,837	$208,870	24
50	(40)	First Kid	Buena Vista	Comedy	$44,567	-37.69%	91	$490	$24,863,812	73
51	(48)	Mother Night	Fine Line		$29,762	-38.84%	10	$2,976	$94,249	10
52	(52)	Fled	MGM	Action	$1,622	-54.22%	5	$324	$17,189,221	115